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Descendants of Catherine Cook

Generation No. 1

1. CATHERINE² COOK (JAMES¹) was born September 1793 in Kilmorie Parish, Arran, and died 1890 in Dalhousie, NB, Canada. She married JOHN MACCURDIE October 26, 1818 in Kilmory, Arran, son of LAUCHLAN MACCURDIE and MARY MACKINNON. He was born January 12, 1796 in Levencorach, Arran, and died 1872 in Dalhousie, NB, Canada.

Notes for JOHN MACCURDIE:
The Highland Clearances: by Eric Richards "The Island of Arran, the southerly margin of the Highlands. Here the owner, the Duke of Hamilton, decided on a substantial reorganization of his estates in line with the current impulses of improvement farming. As early as 1773 he made a direct effort to abolish communal farming throughout the island in favor of enclosed agriculture with increased rents. The process was intermittent but all in the same direction: by 1829 the entire island was converted, apart from a few spots in the north and northwest. Parts of the island were completely cleared in favor of sheep, notably at Glenree in 1825. Then in 1829, the rest was cleared including Glen Sannox, for sheep. At this point the transformation was accompanied by an offer from the lord to pay half the fares of the displaced tenantry to Upper Canada, together with the offer of 100 acres of colonial land from the government. Eventually seventeen families took advantage of this offer." John and his brothers must have been one of these 17 families to emigrate to New Brunswick.

Children of CATHERINE COOK and JOHN MACCURDIE are:

2.	i.	JAMES³ MCCURDIE, b. 1838, Dalhousie, NB, Canada; d. 1898, Oconto, Oconto, WI.
	ii.	ARCHIBALD MCCURDIE.
	iii.	DONALD MCCURDIE.
	iv.	WILLIAM MCCURDIE, b. 1824, Arran, Scotland; d. 1866, Oconto Co., WI.
3.	v.	THOMAS MCCURDIE, b. 1835, Arran, Scotland; d. 1902.

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